Our International House of People: A Fun Day

Saturday, October 11, 2008

A Fun Day

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Sisters reading together

Today was one of those crazy fun days. To begin Lennah had her first performance at the Paulding County Fall Festival today. As excited I was I did not expect very much especially since it takes her about ten minutes to get warmed up in dance class and want to let me go, plus not to mention her age group was only doing one 2 minute dance. Anyway, she actually went up and let go right away but she just stood up there watching the crowd. There were four girls up there in her age group and another stood up there and just watched the crowd as well. Hopefully her next show she will be willing to perform but we are headed in the right direction if she is willing to get up there. I do not want anyone to think we are pushing her towards dance we are just trying to get her interacting with other kids her age since she is not in day care and she loves dancing around the house. If it gets to where she doesn't want to go to dance we are more than willing to pull her out of class. We are firm believers in not forcing sports or anything on our kids.

From Lennah's show we headed up to north Georgia to visit a pumpkin farm with several other families who adopted children from Ethiopia through Illien. It was a great time with other families and most had not had the opportunity to meet Delylah. I think it is great to keep kids around other adopted children so they know they are not different or the only kid in the world that is adopted. Delylah was also thrilled to see her little boyfriend Charlie (her old cribmate). They are just so cute together trying to hold hands. Obviously, they are little and have no idea what they are doing it is just cute to watch two babies trying to hold each other. I think it is more curiousity. Overall, the day was great and it would have been better if Keith would have been able to join us but unfortunately busy season is approaching at work and he got stuck having to work at the last minute.

Here are some great pics of today and from the past week

4 comments:

Unknown said...: love all the pics and you know i love your girls; October 12, 2008 at 1:31 AM
Unknown said...: Looks like a fun day!; October 12, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Our family said...: Fun, fun, fun!! I wish Yonas could have joined up with all of the Illien babes. Maybe one of these days!
Mary; October 13, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Mom to many said...: Oh my goodness - your Delylah and my Destiny look SO MUCH ALIKE!!! Check it out at www.jjphotographyblog.blogspot.com
They could seriously be related! Destiny is now 7 1/2 months old and was from Addis. (and I love the "D" name!); October 18, 2008 at 11:41 PM

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History of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the oldest known cradles of civilization known to man. Christianity was brought to the Kingdom of Axum around the 4th century AD and later in the 7th century Islam was introduced. Foreign missionaries were introduced to the region around the 1630's. Because of these unwelcomed guest Ethiopia did not welcome foreign Christians and Europeans into their lands. Its isolationism may have saved the country from 19th century colonialism. In 1936 Italian facists entered the region and forced its emperor into isolation but was later returned when the British and the French defeated the Italians. Civil unrest would lead to the demise of the aging emperor and in 1974 a socialist sort of government was named. The country went through a period of red terror that was funded by the Soviets and Cuba. This lead to the implementation of a communist government being installed in the late 1970's, early 1980's. In 1989 the country went through a period of famine that also lead to a change in governments. Finally, in 1994 the country would declare its independence and later hold free elections.

History of Vietnam

For about two thousand years Vietnam was ruled by China, following this period it would become independent for the next almost thousand years. In the 1800's it would be colonized by the French. The early 20th century would bring about visions of an independent republic. In 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent and renamed it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. By 1947 a full-scale war would break out between the French and the Viet Minh (Ho CHi Minh's followers). China also began to aid the Viet Minh at this time due to its own communist revolution. July, 1954 the Geneva Accords would be sign paving the road to France leaving Vietnam; however, it would partition Vietnam into 2 independent states seperated by the 17th parallel. The South was helped by the United States, while the North would be dominated by the Viet Minh. By 1963 the South's government was very unstable. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson would send troops into Vietnam. The North would lead a massive attack in 1968 destroying much of the South. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died but his forces remained in tact. By the early 1970's many Americans viewed the war as unwinnable and would prove unsuccessful at containing communism. January 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed ending the United States role in the war. In 1975 Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese and in July of 1976 the two parts were reunified into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The war was disastrous for the Vietnamese people leaving an estimated 1 million to become boat people, 1 million imprisioned, and more than 100,000 killed. Today, Vietnam still has a communist form of government and although they are a developing nation many people remain extremely poor.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

A Fun Day

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